Nepal, year by year

Every index this site holds for Nepal, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.404 in 1990 to 0.622 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 70.6 years2024at birthUp 5.4 years from 65.3 years in 2005
Internet users: 46%2024of people onlineUp 45 points from 1% in 2006
Urban population: 67%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 17 points from 50% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.962024births per womanDown 1.16 from 3.12 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 74%2021of energy usedDown 17 points from 90% in 2004
Access to electricity: 98%2024of people with electricityUp 52 points from 46% in 2005
Infant mortality: 222024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 27 from 49 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.5 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.4 t from 0.1 t in 2005
Forest area: 42%2023of land under forestUp 1 point from 41% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.404	54.8	—	—	5.21	95.1	—	102	0.1	39.7	—	—
1991	0.412	55.6	0.0	20.4	5.15	94.2	—	97	0.1	39.7	—	—
1992	0.420	56.7	0.0	21.2	5.07	94.2	—	93	0.1	39.8	—	—
1993	0.425	57.6	0.0	22.0	5.04	93.6	—	88	0.1	39.9	—	—
1994	0.433	58.6	0.0	23.0	4.96	92.4	—	84	0.1	40.0	—	—
1995	0.438	59.3	0.0	24.1	4.87	91.7	—	80	0.1	40.0	—	—
1996	0.447	60.0	0.0	25.3	4.67	91.5	18	76	0.1	40.1	—	—
1997	0.453	60.8	0.0	26.6	4.44	90.7	18	72	0.1	40.2	—	—
1998	0.459	61.5	0.1	28.0	4.28	90.5	22	69	0.1	40.3	—	—
1999	0.464	62.0	0.1	29.5	4.13	88.0	25	65	0.1	40.4	—	—
2000	0.471	62.6	0.2	31.1	3.98	88.3	30	62	0.1	40.3	—	—
2001	0.472	63.3	0.2	32.8	3.79	87.8	25	59	0.1	40.5	—	—
2002	0.479	63.5	0.3	35.0	3.60	90.0	36	56	0.1	40.6	—	—
2003	0.486	64.2	0.4	38.0	3.44	89.4	40	53	0.1	40.7	—	—
2004	0.493	64.7	0.5	41.6	3.28	90.3	37	51	0.1	40.8	—	—
2005	0.500	65.3	0.8	45.5	3.12	89.5	46	49	0.1	41.0	—	—
2006	0.512	65.9	1.1	49.5	2.97	91.2	51	47	0.1	41.1	340	1718
2007	0.516	66.2	1.4	53.4	2.86	91.3	53	45	0.1	41.2	385	1809
2008	0.526	66.4	1.7	56.9	2.74	90.5	56	43	0.1	41.3	465	1942
2009	0.538	66.6	2.0	59.9	2.63	88.9	59	42	0.1	41.5	473	2029
2010	0.551	66.8	7.9	62.0	2.54	87.3	69	40	0.2	41.6	585	2139
2011	0.559	67.1	9.0	63.1	2.46	87.0	67	39	0.2	41.6	786	2248
2012	0.565	67.4	11.2	63.7	2.42	84.7	75	37	0.2	41.6	788	2466
2013	0.570	67.6	13.3	64.1	2.36	86.0	77	35	0.2	41.6	803	2658
2014	0.574	67.8	15.4	64.6	2.32	84.0	85	34	0.3	41.6	821	2901
2015	0.575	67.4	17.6	65.0	2.27	85.2	82	32	0.3	41.6	876	2957
2016	0.580	68.4	20.7	65.3	2.23	79.4	91	31	0.4	41.6	877	2976
2017	0.588	68.7	24.3	65.6	2.17	76.8	87	30	0.5	41.6	1034	3605
2018	0.596	69.0	28.6	65.8	2.12	75.0	94	28	0.5	41.6	1179	3956
2019	0.604	69.3	33.3	66.0	2.08	78.2	90	27	0.5	41.6	1203	4261
2020	0.599	69.1	37.0	66.1	2.05	73.1	90	26	0.6	41.6	1154	4236
2021	0.596	68.4	41.0	66.1	2.03	73.7	90	25	0.6	41.6	1253	4546
2022	0.605	70.1	45.5	66.3	2.00	—	91	24	0.5	41.6	1386	5102
2023	0.622	70.3	45.8	66.5	1.98	—	94	23	0.5	41.6	1382	5400
2024	—	70.6	46.3	66.8	1.96	—	98	22	0.5	—	1460	5746
2025	—	—	—	67.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1536	6175
On the profile	0.622	70.6	46.3	67.0	1.96	73.7	—	—	0.5	41.6	1536	6175

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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